51-day self-driving autumn travel notes in Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan in 2020, divided into 10 articles:
(1)--Zigong chapter of Chishui Luzhou, Maotai Town, Zhijiang.
(2)--Chengdu Dujiangyan
(3)--Markang Jinchuan Danba Xindu Bridge in Li County, Wenchuan
(4)--Xinduqiao Yajiang Litang Daocheng Chapter
(5)--Daocheng Yading
This is (6)--Shangri-La Lijiang
(7)--Jianchuan Chapter
(8)--Dali Weishan Chuxiong Kunming Dongchuan
(9)--Ziyun Duyun, Panzhou, Qianxinan
(10)--Quzhou, Fuzhou, Qiandongnan
This self-driving tour lasted 51 days from October 9th to November 28th, with a journey of 8,780 kilometers.
Starting from Shanghai, passing through Quzhou in Zhejiang, Zhuzhou in Jiangxi, Zhijiang in Hunan, Maotai Town in Guizhou, Chishui, Luzhou in Sichuan, Zigong, Chengdu, Dujiangyan, Wenchuan, Lixian, Malkang, Jinchuan, Danba, Xinduqiao, Litang, Daocheng , Yunnan Shangri-La, Lijiang, Jianchuan, Shaxi, Dali, Weishan, Chuxiong, Kunming, Dongchuan, Guizhou Panzhou, Qianxinan, Ziyun, Duyun, Qiandongnan, through Loudi, Hunan, Fuzhou, Jiangxi, Quzhou, Zhejiang, Back to Shanghai.
Day 21, October 29, from Shangri-La Town, Daocheng County, Sichuan Province to Balagezong Scenic Area, Shangri-La City, Yunnan Province: 261 kilometers, standard 6:30, actual 9:15-16:30.
After visiting Daocheng Yading, I originally wanted to go south to Liangshan Prefecture and Lugu Lake. However, the navigation shows that there is a road construction going south, and it gives a detour to Shangri-La, Yunnan, and then transfers to Xichang. At the same time, I don't know much about the road conditions of the Luya Line, another road that goes directly south. It just so happened that a friend had just been to Balagezong and praised it highly. It is a scenic spot that is not very famous. So I decided to go to Balagezong.
There are fewer cars and more bends along the way. To the north, take National Highway 227, turn west to Xiangcheng County, turn to Provincial Highway 217 and go south, enter Yunnan, National Highway 215 and West View Line. First is the plateau landform, and then the Jinsha River is accompanied by the left and right, and the colorful world along the way. The water of the Jinsha River is so green, this is the real green mountains and green waters.
The altitude is from 2900--4600--2015--2050 meters, and the temperature experienced is from 0 degrees to 29 degrees.
Daocheng Zhagu Temple, 4200 meters above sea level.
Did not enter Xiangcheng County (2927 meters above sea level).
River Valley Ranch
Plateau wetland at an altitude of 3995 meters
Leaving Sichuan, crossing the Jinsha River Bridge, and entering Yunnan:
Leave the main road heading south and go west along the Gangqu River:
Shuizhuang Guanyin is welcoming the donor:
Stay at Bagrazon Water Village Hotel: 2 days
Dinner is at the hotel restaurant, and the prices here are quite reasonable.
Day 22, October 30, Balagezong Scenic Area, 4A, 8:20--16:45
The original ticket is 110 yuan, the half ticket is 55 yuan, and the sightseeing car is 60 yuan.
Balagezong Scenic Area is located in the mountains at the junction of the three provinces of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet.
It is a scenic spot built by a person named Sina Dingzhu after he built the road.
Sina Dingzhu, born in 1964, is a resident of Bala Village. When he was 10 years old, he was an apprentice blacksmith and injured his eyes. It took him 5 days to walk from the village to Zhongdian County (now Shangri-La City), and missed the best time for treatment. Determined to build roads.
At the age of 13, he walked out of Bala Village and started a business with some beautiful stones in the mountains. He has been in the rivers and lakes for 27 years and earned 40 million yuan. It took 10 years to sell all the property, borrow money from the bank, and build a 35-kilometer road leading to Bala Village in the vertical mountain. So far, 58 kilometers of roads have been built, costing a total of 850 million yuan.
A child who walked out of the mountains for the first time at the age of 10, saw the outside world without wearing shoes, did not study for a few years, but walked out of the mountains at the age of 13 to work and do business, and went to Kunming, Guangzhou, Shanghai, etc. Earned 40 million in 27 years, that was the era of 10,000 yuan households, there was already a lot of money, enough for him to live a life of a master. But he returned home to do good deeds!
I think he was sent from heaven! What do you think?
It is really difficult to build roads in U-shaped mountainous vertical landforms, with more than 50 hairpin bends in 35 kilometers. The invited designers all backed down, but Kesina Dingzhu taught himself to design the circuit and organize the construction, which is really unimaginable.
It only takes 1 day to visit the scenic spots in Bagla Zong.
1. Shambhala Pagoda: an additional 75 yuan per person
Translated as "Xiangqu Qudeng", it is a natural pagoda recorded in the "Tripitaka".
The altitude is 4250 meters, and it takes more than 1 hour by car. 3 sacred mountains, a pilgrimage. Few will go.
When Sna Dorje encountered difficulties in building roads, he sat in front of the stupa mountain to draw strength and wisdom. When I came back, I was more motivated.
The power of religion is infinite!
Those two "little Tibetan girls" are so beautiful. One question: People from Henan. Clothes are rented from Shangri-La City, a set of 300 yuan a day.
2. Whispering Wall, Gezong Snow Mountain, Sky Glass Walkway:
700m vertical drop. 1.4 kilometers plank road, return to the original road.
On the right is the old road taken by the mountain people:
Gangqu River in the canyon:
Here's a zipline for a thrill:
Rent a shoe cover for 1 yuan, walk up:
3. Bala Village:
The word "Bala" is derived from Tibetan transliteration, which means a Tibetan village that migrated from Batang.
Bala Village is located on the mountainside at the foot of Gezong Snow Mountain at an altitude of 2,900 meters in the middle of the Shangri-La Grand Canyon, about 700 meters vertically along the Gangqu River Valley.
According to legend, more than 1300 years ago, a powerful Tibetan tribal leader Sna Dorje, in order to pursue his wife who left home with the old lama because he was tired of the war—Ren said Lamu, he gave up wealth, power, and Guangmao. Just to find a holy place on earth that is far away from war and uncontested with the world, so Snadorji took his tribe, followed the pace of Rencheng Ram, all the way south from the distant Batang, to Bala and settle down.
Since then, Bala Village has become the ideal home of the Snadorji family, and has become an aborigine after generations of ancestors. For thousands of years, the Bara people have worked here at sunrise and rested at sunset, and they have lived a life like a "paradise" isolated from the world for generations.
Pandan Ram Kami
4. Shangri-La Grand Canyon:
Different from the "V" shape of ordinary canyons, this one is "U" shaped, with vertical landforms and a drop of 3,500 meters. From a high altitude, it should belong to the frigid zone, but there are many temperate plants, from cacti, palm trees, to spruce, yew, and dry cedar in the cold temperate zone. The Gangqu River runs through the Grand Canyon.
There is a 2.5-kilometer plank road, you can go back the same way, or take a rubber boat.
5. Tibetan Culture Expo Center (Balazhuoma Lakang):
Behind the ticket office at the gate of the scenic spot, you will be with the Millennium Bodhi.
Zhuoma Lakang is a Guanyin temple built by the chieftain Sna Dorje at the back of Dayong Mansion more than 1300 years ago. There are 21 Dutuo rescued Tara in the temple.
6. Millennium bodhi tree:
At the entrance of the Shangri-La Grand Canyon, behind the ticket office.
This linden tree has a history of more than 3,000 years, and its root system only accounts for a small part of the whole tree. Its entire trunk grows up the cliff like a peacock, covering an area of more than 400 square meters on the mountain wall.
The local people call it "Phoenix Bodhi Tree".
This millennium bodhi tree once grew a left hand overnight. Approaching the place near the root of the Bodhi tree, you can see this legendary bergamot. There is a brown trunk protruding obliquely from the tree. Its fingertips extend to the inside of the rock wall. The five fingers are clear and rough to the touch. , as if holding the hand of an old man.
On the tree trunk, it looked like an old man's face.
"Bodhi does not have a tree, and the mirror is not a stand. There is nothing in the first place, so where is the dust?" This sentence is a famous verse in Buddhism. Sakyamuni's state of mind when he was sitting under the bodhi tree is like a bodhi tree, and his heart is like a bright mirror. Without other distractions, he will not be contaminated by dust from the outside world.
This thousand-year-old bodhi tree has a "Buddha's hand" stretched out from the waist of the tree, and even the body of the bodhi tree looks like a human face from a distance. The hand of this thousand-year-old bodhi tree extends to the cliff, and firmly grasps the stone in a crevice. Many people think it is very weird, but for those Buddhist believers, this bodhi tree It seems very effective, because the bodhi tree is a very famous plant in Buddhism and has a considerable connection with Buddhism.
I went to see it 3 times, and when I was about to leave early in the morning on the third day, I finally saw the "bergamot". Amazing!
In the picture below, the actual tree trunk and hand are smaller. Smaller than an adult's hand.
The leaves are very lush, the trunk is covered, and the magic hand is very small, which is extremely difficult to find. It was the third time we went to observe carefully and found out.
Walked 17200 steps today.
The mouth of the canyon is actually a "tiankeng". It's just a pity that no matter how you look up, you can't take a complete picture.
The air quality in the mountains is still good.
Day 23, October 31, Saturday, from Balagezong to Shangri-La, 9:35--13:00
Leaving Baglazong, the "Bodhisattva" saw him off in Shuizhuang Village, safe journey!
Kaizhangshui, the first bay of Jinsha River:
Napa Sea, Yila Grassland:
7 kilometers away from the city. Plateau lakes. The highest point is at the height in front of the gate of the Alpine Botanical Garden, where you can overlook the panorama.
Live in Vienna Shangri-La Ancient City Store:
Shangri-La City is 3,400 meters above sea level.
1. Dukezong Ancient City:
Old Street, the center is Moonlight Square
Square Street:
The central town hall, commonly known as the "Tibet scripture hall", was built in 1724, the second year of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty.
Guishan Park: There is Chaoyang Tower on the top of the mountain, which is the highest point of the ancient city. In the middle of the mountain on the north side, there is a pure copper gold-plated prayer wheel that can be turned by four people, which can be called the largest in the world.
Day 24, Sunday, November 1, Shangri-La City, 9:45--17:30
1. Pudacuo National Park:
5A, the ticket is 80 yuan, and only one scenic spot is open, Shudu Lake. The other two Bitahai and Militang grasslands are under ecological restoration.
22 kilometers away from the city, 3595 meters above sea level, the highest plateau tectonic lake in Yunnan.
Shudu Lake is a plateau pasture, walking along the plank road. 3.3 kilometers on foot, 1.5--2 hours. Or take a boat 600 meters ahead for 50 yuan.
The second time I came to Shudu Lake.
Today is cloudy, and the scenery is nothing amazing. That is to relax slowly inside, enjoy the beautiful scenery, breathe the fresh air, and walk for two and a half hours.
The road to Pudacuo is under construction, bumpy and dusty.
2. Gadan-Songzanlin Monastery:
Tickets are 62.5 yuan. At the end of Niwang Road in the north of Xincheng.
It is the largest Tibetan Gelug Sect Buddhist monastery in Yunnan and one of the 13 forests in the Kangba Tibetan area. It is known as the "Little Potala Palace".
Stay at the Orange Hotel in Shangri-La:
Watch the night view of the ancient city at night.
Sifang Street, Guozhuang Dance at 19:00
On the 25th day, November 2, from Shangri-La to Lijiang, 147 kilometers, standard 2:45; 50 kilometers, standard 1:21. Actual 10:10--16:30.
Starting from Shanghai (<50 meters above sea level) this time, after entering western Sichuan, it is all plateau altitude, the highest is 4700 meters. Starting from Shangri-La City (3400 meters) today, after passing through Jiedamu Scenic Area, Haba Snow Mountain, and Guodi Mountain (3650 meters), the lowest point reaches 1820 meters, and now arrives at Lijiang Old Town (2416 meters).
Below the altitude of 2000 meters, basically bid farewell to the colorful world and enter the green world.
After so many days on the plateau, I have become a plateau native. Now we're going to the plateau, so we can't be "drunk with oxygen"! I have to slowly descend the plateau.
Detour for 12 kilometers and take a look at the "First Bay of the Yangtze River".
The viewing platform set up by the government is at the foot of the mountain, free of charge. The common people set up a viewing platform on the mountain behind the house, and it costs 20 yuan to go up.
First Bay of the Yangtze River:
It is 1850 meters above sea level, between Shigu Town of Lijiang and Shasongbi Village of Shangri-La City. The Yangtze River rushes down from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the roof of the world, makes a 100-degree sharp turn at Shasongbi Village, and flows northeast, forming a V-shaped bend here.
Today is cloudy with occasional light rain.
Lijiang Shigu Town:
From tens of kilometers away from Lijiang, the number of cars suddenly increased, driving slowly on the narrow provincial road.
Live in Vienna Lijiang Old Town Branch:
Lijiang Old Town is 2416 meters above sea level.
In 2006, I visited the Old Town of Lijiang once.
The ancient city of Lijiang is still full of lights and feasting, and the flow of people is like a tide.
Day 26, October 3, Lijiang
Stay in Vienna.
1. Jade Dragon Snow Mountain: Tickets are 105 yuan. It is the snow mountain closest to the equator in the northern hemisphere.
Glacier Park: The ticket is 170 yuan. The ticket is the ticket for the big cableway. You can buy it at the Ganhaizi Visitor Center. The lower station of the cableway is 3356 meters above sea level, and it reaches the upper station just below the fan steep, the main peak of the snow mountain at 5596 meters above sea level. The cableway is known as the highest cableway in Asia and runs for about half an hour. The highest point that tourists can reach is 4680 meters, and it takes about one hour to go up and down.
Baishui River: 7 kilometers away from the cableway, it is a small river formed by melting snow-capped mountains. It is named for the many white rocks at the bottom of the river. Go down to the Blue Moon Valley scenic spot.
Yunshanping: The cableway ticket is 70 yuan for a round trip. It is less than 1 km away from the Baishui River. You can walk to Yunshanping. It is an alpine meadow surrounded by spruce forests on the mountainside. Snow mountain peaks.
Maoniuping: 3700 meters above sea level.
I plan to go to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, but there is a ticket office 10 kilometers away. The cars line up to buy tickets, which makes people feel very bad.
Considering that there are many snow mountains at home and abroad, and the snow mountain glaciers of Yulong Snow Mountain have begun to disappear, the snow line is rising year by year, and it will soon become Yulong Mountain.
I can't turn around.
You can also see Jade Dragon Snow Mountain from a distance:
2. Baisha:
A quaint village 8 kilometers northwest of Dayan Ancient Town.
Baisha murals: Tickets are 15 yuan. It is the most attractive attraction in the town. Most of the murals were created in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and most of them are religious themes. It is a treasure in mural art. The 53 existing works are stored in Dabaoji Palace (maintenance), Liuli Palace (maintenance), Dading Pavilion and Dajue Palace.
Overlooking the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain:
Lijiang New Urban Area:
3. Black Dragon Pool Park:
The first-class water source flows down to the ancient city of Lijiang.
There is Wufeng Building in the north of Tantan. This building was built in the 29th year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty.
At the back gate of the park is the Naxi Dongba Culture Museum.
After entering the door, pass the covered bridge, and there is a viewing platform, which is the best place to take reflections. When the weather is clear and windless, it is 9:00~10:00 or 16:00~17:00, which is suitable for capturing the reflections of snow-capped mountains.
In the distance is Jade Dragon Snow Mountain:
After exiting the back gate of Heilongtan Park, walk along the stream to the ancient city:
Lijiang:
Lion Rock Park:
Tickets 35 yuan
Wangu Tower: The pavilion on the Lion Rock is the landmark scenery of the ancient city. It is one of the best places to take panoramic views of Lijiang.
Leaving Lion Rock:
Wenchang Court:
View Lijiang Old Town from Wenchang Pavilion:
dinner:
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Hope this helps travelers!